Pet Sematary: The History Of The Wendigo | Horror History

The movie version of Pet Sematary left out most of the details about the book's central antagonist: The Wendigo.

The history of The Wendigo from Pet Sematary is quite involved and stretches all the way back as far as the 1600s. The 1989 film version of Pet Sematary leaves out any direction mention of The Wendigo, leaving in only a few loose references. The 2019 remake looks to play a bigger part, but has not yet been released at the time of making this video.

In this video, I'll be covering entire history of the Wendigo from it's introduction in Pet Sematary to the role it may have played in Stephen King's 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

I'll be analysing this monster and discussing what it represents in terms of the story, and explaining how it fits into the universe of Stephen King works.

This will cover some of the similarities and differences between King's Wendigo and the real life legend created by the Algonquin Tribe. We'll also discuss how the Wendigo in the story cursed the Mic Mac burial ground in Ludlow, Maine and how that curse affected people hundreds of years later.

Chapters
0:00 | Intro
0:58 | The Wendigo Legends
1:47 | Earliest Documentation
3:19 | Establishing the Pet Sematary
4:55 | Effects of Wendigo Possession
6:40 | The Story of the Creed Family
9:37 | Summer of 1997: Patricia McFarland Missing

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About Pet Sematary
They don’t come back the same. Watch the second trailer for Pet Sematary, based on Stephen King's terrifying novel. In theatres April 5, 2019.

Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family’s new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall, setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.

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[roseyonline]

Fun fact: The wendigo in Native American history actually doesn’t have horns!! The Europeans added that feature to the stories to make it more scary!

[hiraynfonseka]

The wendingo is more of a passive creature who literally doesn't have to do much but lure entire generations into burying their family members in its curse ground....talk about a commited funeral serviceman

[andrewherrin]

I think the cat in the hat died and was buried in the cemetary. He then came to life and dieced to commit pycholigal horror he made the live action movie

[aquapenguin]

is it a bad thing that I imagine Pennywise and the wendigo being coffee buddies? I mean they do live close to eachother

[writerer]

Burying the cat in the hat here would be an entirely new horror movie in of itself

[janpetrie]

I grew up hearing stories of the Wendigo from my grandfather. The twos stories are definitely related as one of the hallmarks of Wendigo is activity is it praying upon people who are lost in the deep woods. It will follow along behind a person matching their pace and stopping when they stopped. After a while the person when stopping, would hear a twig break or footsteps behind them. Then silence. The person would turn around to find nobody behind them. This would continue, the person gradually becoming aware that they aren’t alone. They would increase their pace becoming very frightened. After a bit longer the Wendigo would start allowing the person to catch brief glimpses of it, dark shadows ducking behind trees and whatnot. The person becoming panicked would start running, making themselves hopelessly lost. Once exhausted and beyond hope the wendigo would show itself and consume the the lost person. My grandfather taught me to always carry an iron nail in my pocket or stuffed into the side of hat for protection against the wendigo. Travel the lonely places of the northern woods and you may have a similar experience

[peanutbutter]

I see why Courage the Cowardly Dog was so scared

[breakingbenjamin]

The Wendigo is one of those supernatural creatures that I am both fascinated by but also afraid of. The various iterations are horrifying.

[CZsWorld]

Should I do more episodes of Horror History?

[kingdracox]

I can see the god of the lost being a separate wendigo patrolling its own territory. As Wendigo's aren't really known to stray from their own turf its unlikely that its the same wendigo from PS. TGotL is most likely a older Wenigo seeing as in Algonquin folklore The older a Wendigo gets the more powers it obtains. Such a shapeshifting and speech. So thats my little theory on that

[eternal]

People: Build speed bumps and speed traps

Wendigo: Well. So much for those 300 years

[samanthaghost]

I grew up in northern Maine and had many Mi’kmaq friends who told me stories about Wendigos and I always thought they were just legends but eventually, when I got a little older and would go with friends exploring through the woods we heard a lot of crazy shit. Also, my brother is pretty sure he came very close to one.

[Whiteshell]

*You should be playing the creepy shop-keeper in every movie....and I mean that as a compliment!*

[redroofinno]

Funfact. In Stephan King's book 11/22/63 about a guy that travels back in time goes to Derry Maine in the early 50's and runs into the kids from IT. Like no joke.

So, what I'm saying is it wouldn't be unlikely if it was the Windigo in "the girl who loved Tom Gordon."

[Nightwalker-zkce]

No, the cat in the hat WAS buried in the cemetery. That explains the entire movie...

[Cheyennep]

4:15 “and for the LOVE OF GOD...not cat in the hat” that would be a

[tdf_worldkey]

5:06
"Get yo fuccin dog bish!!"
"It dont bite"
"YES IT DO"


-same energy

[cannivelt]

The Wendigo is one of my favorite mythological creatures... sadly, pop culture has taken it over.

[athenabelle]

i’m native, from cree nation and we also have stories of people seeing the windigo when walking around reserves at night

The one ik; during the cold winter a man resorted to cannibalism. the more he ate, the hungrier he got, to the point he ate off his mouth hence why it shows bare teeth. he ate his family and half his tribe (it’s said he was cursed by the creator)

[pieceofgarbage]

What if a kid buries their pet gecko or fly in the pet sematary, they wouldn’t be very harmful 😂